Democrats regain the House in 1996

What if the Democrats had regained the House in 1996? How would this alter the second term of Bill Clinton and beyond? One possible PoD for this is that the GOP keeps funding Dole's failed bid rather than abandoning it to fund its congressional campaigns, or maybe there is no Clinton campaign finance scandal during the campaign. Whatever the PoD, the Democrats regain their majority, which shouldn't be too hard since they did win the popular vote in 1996. In this scenario, would the Lewisnky affair still be discovered, and what would be the fallout? Impeachment seems off the cards TTL. How would the 2000 election be altered? What would be the effects? What if?
 
What if the Democrats had regained the House in 1996? How would this alter the second term of Bill Clinton and beyond? One possible PoD for this is that the GOP keeps funding Dole's failed bid rather than abandoning it to fund its congressional campaigns, or maybe there is no Clinton campaign finance scandal during the campaign. Whatever the PoD, the Democrats regain their majority, which shouldn't be too hard since they did win the popular vote in 1996. In this scenario, would the Lewisnky affair still be discovered, and what would be the fallout? Impeachment seems off the cards TTL. How would the 2000 election be altered? What would be the effects? What if?

My guess is if the Dems retake congress in '96, the GOP retake one or both houses of congress back in '98. Scandal may break out, but impeachment won't happen. 2000 to me is still a toss up. If the Lewinsky scandal doesn't get out, Gore wins, if it still does, it's a toss up.
 
My guess is if the Dems retake congress in '96, the GOP retake one or both houses of congress back in '98. Scandal may break out, but impeachment won't happen. 2000 to me is still a toss up. If the Lewinsky scandal doesn't get out, Gore wins, if it still does, it's a toss up.

Didn't the Lewinsky scandal come to light because the Republican Congress was investigating the Paula Jones case and found out about the affair? I think it's likely the Lewinsky scandal is not revealed and could be a more minor revelation in later accounts/investigations in about 2002. Maybe you know more.

What policies could be passed with a Democrat Congress? Anymore ideas?
 
Didn't the Lewinsky scandal come to light because the Republican Congress was investigating the Paula Jones case and found out about the affair? I think it's likely the Lewinsky scandal is not revealed and could be a more minor revelation in later accounts/investigations in about 2002. Maybe you know more.

What policies could be passed with a Democrat Congress? Anymore ideas?

It came out when they were investigating White Water. If it does come out, it wont be that big of a deal as it was OTL. As for what congress does in '97 and '98, maybe the Child Health care law is bigger than OTL. I don't see much else changing , fearing a repeat of 1994 in 1998, I could see Clinton being as poll driven and cautious as he was OTL. Deficit still falls as even with a Democratic congress, Clinton was fiscally conservative, his budget in 1993 had both spending cuts and tax increases.
 
It came out when they were investigating White Water. If it does come out, it wont be that big of a deal as it was OTL. As for what congress does in '97 and '98, maybe the Child Health care law is bigger than OTL. I don't see much else changing , fearing a repeat of 1994 in 1998, I could see Clinton being as poll driven and cautious as he was OTL. Deficit still falls as even with a Democratic congress, Clinton was fiscally conservative, his budget in 1993 had both spending cuts and tax increases.

Ok. What was the legislation passed by the 105th Congress? I think Gore wins in this scenario.
 
Ok. This might be used as a Gore 2000 victory PoD(though virtually anything could). Maybe I should make a thread about Hillarycare getting passed to explore an alternate Bill Clinton presidency.

For Hillarycare to get passed, you need larger Democratic majorities than OTL, and I'm not too sure how you can make that happen. It would be interesting to see an alternate Clinton Presidency with Hillarycare though.

The Dems winning back congress in '96 would be an interesting PoD for a Gore victory in 2000.
 
Top